Chicken laying yolk less eggs

[clogan98]

I’m rehabbing some chickens I rescued and getting them laying again. One lays soft shell eggs but I’ve got it to where it’s now very thin shelled eggs so she’s improving. However I have one who is laying mini eggs that are just white and no yolks. It’s regularly as well, not just a fluke. Nice thick hard shell but definitely not how they should be. Any suggestions as to what would cause that?

 

[Mtnboomer]

I’m rehabbing some chickens I rescued and getting them laying again. One lays soft shell eggs but I’ve got it to where it’s now very thin shelled eggs so she’s improving. However I have one who is laying mini eggs that are just white and no yolks. It’s regularly as well, not just a fluke. Nice thick hard shell but definitely not how they should be. Any suggestions as to what would cause that?

Scroll down a bit, but you come to an explanation.
https://www.gardenbetty.com/the-mystery-of-the-teeny-tiny-egg/

 

[chrissynemetz]

How old are they? How long have you had them?

 

[clogan98]

How old are they? How long have you had them?

Three years old. I got them Christmas Eve

 

[chrissynemetz]

Have they had these laying issues since you got them? What do you feed them, and do you know what breed they are?

 

[clogan98]

They weren’t laying at all when I got them. Took a long time to get them to start. I feed Blue Seal layer pellets. This is either one of the red sex links or Rhode Island reds. I’ve got it narrowed down but can’t determine which of the two is doing it yet.

 

[aart]

However I have one who is laying mini eggs that are just white and no yolks. It’s regularly as well, not just a fluke. Nice thick hard shell but definitely not how they should be. Any suggestions as to what would cause that?

Is there anything other than albumen(white)inside?
Look closely for a small piece of tissue.

Fairy, fart, wind, rooster eggs are usually from a tiny piece of tissue breaking loose from the reproductive tract, or an immature ova(yolk) and the body forms an egg around it. Color can be darker than 'normal' as the pigment coating released has to cover a much smaller area so is thicker. Can happen with any age layer, but more common with new or older layers.

I think it's explained in this excellent video, which is worth watching regardless:

 

[clogan98]

Yes I’m familiar with what they are but my question is why would she do this every time she laid. There was nothing but white inside. Not even a tiny dot of anything else that I can see unless it’s microscopic.

 

[aart]

Yes I’m familiar with what they are but my question is why would she do this every time she laid. There was nothing but white inside. Not even a tiny dot of anything else that I can see unless it’s microscopic.

Her ovary must have gone kaput.

 

[clogan98]

That was my thought as well. These poor things suffered for years. I’m sure they are damaged from it.